Vandalism Against Catholic Churches on the Rise in Bavaria
The number of cases went from 271 in 2021 to 294 in 2022. They should not be dismissed lightly.
A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
PierLuigi Zoccatelli (born July 30, 1965 in Verona) teaches Sociology of Religions at Pontifical Salesian University, Torino, and Sociology of Esotericism at the University of Turin. He is deputy director of CESNUR, the Center for Studies on New Religions, and the associate editor of The Journal of CESNUR. Among other affiliations, he is a member of the scientific committee of the Interdepartmental Center for Research in Religious Sciences “Erik Peterson” (CSR) of the University of Turin, and of Contemporary Religions And Faiths in Transition (CRAFT), a research center of the Department of Cultures, Politics and Societies of the University of Turin. He is also a member of the section “Sociology of Religion” of the Italian Sociology Association (AIS), and of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism (ESSWE). He is the author of several books and articles in the field of New Religious Movements and Western Esotericism, and co-director of the widely reviewed Encyclopedia of Religions in Italy. His writings has appeared in 12 countries and in 8 languages.
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